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JoHNsAfrrAzAHN, Je., or PINE GROVE .'rovvNsuIP,v PENNSYLYNIA.

, Letters Patent No. 103,088, dtel May 17, 11870; antedated May 10, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRUBBIN G-IMPLEMEN T.

The Schedule referred. to in these Letters Patent and making part of 'che same.

VG rove township, inthe county ofSehuylkill aud State of Pennsylvania, have'invented a new and valuable Improvement in GrubbiugJInstuments; and I do hereby declare thatthc following is'a full, clear, and-.ex-

act description of the construction and operation of .the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings makinga vpart of this specification, and to thelet-v ters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings isa front vievvof my invention. p

Figure 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section of the same.

` My invention relates to means for pulling up small saplings', shrubbery, orl stumps, and consists mainly in the construction and novel arrangement-of devices applied to a lever, and designed 'to serve an efficient purpose in such operations,

The letter A of the drawings-designates the lever,

vusually constructed of tough wood or iron.

Y. Through the lower end of the lever, ii'om side to side, is formed the -slot a, in which are pivoted the -ends of the hooks B B.

'therein bythe pin c'.

The lower front end of the lever has a projecting beveled Hauch, e, by means ot' which a purchase is obtained on the face of the sapling or stump.

E isthe fulcrum of the lever, a.curved projection formed at its lower end, on the side opposite the hooks. This also serves as a runner in dragging the heavy instrument about the field.

, W'hen it is desired to pull up a sapling, the leveris placed on end alongside thereof, andthe hooks B B are driven into the sapling. rlhe handle of the lever is now borne down, and the sapling thereby pulled up.

For pulling small shrubbery or stumps the forked hook D is used, 'the lever being set on en'd and the 'prongs driven under the roots.

What Itelaim :ts my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

lhe grubbiug implement herein described, having runnerA or fulerum` E, lateral hooks'B B, vertical forked claw D, and -flanoh c, when constructed and arranged to operate as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my nume in the presence of two witnesses.

J ORN SATTAZAHN, J n. Witnesses-z y vWILLLAuu EEGER,

HENRY WENTZV 

